A PROPOSAL to establish a ranger service in Southport parks will be referred to the forthcoming budget process.

A PROPOSAL to establish a ranger service in Southport parks will be referred to the forthcoming budget process.

It means the plan will now be decided upon next year, Sefton Council cabinet meeting heard last week.

If given the go-ahead, it will mean Botanic Gardens, Hesketh Park, Bedford Park and Duke Street Park in Formby will all share two park rangers.

The rangers will be part of a borough-wide Sefton Park ranger service, which will see more rangers and a head ranger being deployed as part of an overall approach for dealing with Community Safety in parks.

A further report on the provision of a second mobile CCTV unit is also to be submitted to the Cabinet following a period of evaluation.